Sunday, April 16, 2017

Government has decided to dispose the Garbage collected
in Colombo to two alternative places namely "Karadiyana" in Piliyandala
and "Dompe" due to the collapsing of a section of a Meethotamulle
Garbage Dump last Friday(14).
According to the Deputy
Foreign Minister Dr.Harsha De Silva Garbage in Colombo will be disposed
to these two places during next two weeks until finding a permanent
site to dispose the Garbage.

Daily around 800 metric
tonnes of Garbage collected in Colombo had been disposed to the
Meethotamulle Garbage Dump till the collapsing of the dump.Even in the
morning of last Friday authorities have disposed garbage to the dump
according to the residents.

Meanwhile many
higher officials in Institutes have criticized the way some government
ministers handled the Meethotamulle Grabage Dump issue before the
collapse had taken place.

The Ministry Of Megalopolis have
opposed a proposal submitted by the Western Provincial Chief Minister
Isura Devapriya sometime back to give permission to a company in United
Kingdom(U.K) to take the Garbage collected in Meethotamulle Garbage
dump to U.K for a recycling process.The Company has promised to pay 50%
of the income generated through the recycling process to Sri Lankan
Government it has been reported.

The angry residents lives
near the Meethotamulle Grabage Dump who were opposed the disposing of
Garbage collected in .Colombo to the Dump since the beginning of the
process have told the media that if a vehicle belonging to the Urban
Council ever arrived to Meethotamulle Garbage Dump again to dispose
Garbage there, they will set fire to that vehicle.

of April indefinitely due to a spreading of viral flu believed to be Influenza -A (H1N1) due to open this Tuesday (18) for academic activities according to the Vice Chancellor Of the University Professor Upul Dissanayake.

All faculties of the University have been closed down due to the flu and the auhorities have requested the students in the hostels to vacate their rooms .

has today (16)instructed the Police to conduct post mortems of the bodies recovered from the Meethotamulle Garbage dump site and after it hand over the bodies to their relatives .

The Colombo Additional Magistrate has today visited the area where the part of a Meethotamulle Garbage dump collapsed and ordered the Police to conduct the post mortems recovered from the site after the relatives identify them.

At present 27 persons confirmed as dead due to the Garbage dump collapse and more than 600 have been displaced due to the incident.

More than 20 houses have been severely damaged due to the heavy showers and winds prevails in Eratperiakulam and Kalukunnimaduwa areas in Vavuniya District(Northern Province)yesterday(16)

The Jaffna-Kandy A- 9 road too blocked for around two hours after a tree fallen into the road due to the strong winds it has been reported. During that period transport activities have been paralyzed according to sources.Later the road was cleared after the removal of the fallen tree.

Gangodawila,Nugegoda area had drowned while viewing the rough seas in the sea coastal area at Nunawella,Gandara (Southern Province)last evening .

The deaceased who arrived at relative's house in Gandara area along with her parents fallen down to the sea with her parents due to the rising sea waves while they were on the rocks it has been reported.

The parents have managed to swim back to the shore and the 11 year old girl has drowned in the sea .

due to the collapsing of a section of a Garbage Dump in Meethotamulle.

More than 600 persons have been displaced due to the collapse and currently stationed in Terrance Silva Collage in Kolonnawa and nearby community centers according to the sources.

Around three bodies buried under the rubble have bedn recovered this morning the Sources said.Some of the bodies recovered from the disaster site now lying at temporary tents located in Kolonnawa and Kolonnawa Raja Maha Viharaya (Temple) and the funerals are due to be held this evening (16) in Kolonnawa Cemetary .

The funerals of Muslim Nationals died due to the Garbage Dump Collapse were held yesterday (15)it has been reported.

According to the reports around 1050 Tri force personsl,Fire Brigade personal and Disaster Managment Center officers are currently involved in rescue operation on searching of the survivors.

Meanwhile President Maithripala Sirisena had instructed the authorities today (16)to submit a report to him on number of families affected due to the disaster and estimated value of the damaged properties after done a proper evaluation within next five days during a meeting held with Disaster Managment Center officials this morning (16).